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«The Perm Days» is the newspaper for foreign guests of Perm region and english-speaking Perm and Perm

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Excellence Award for Perm film director news in perm GOVERNOR CHIRKUNOV IS HEADED TO BRAZIL PERM MIGHT HOST A SPACE LAUNCHER COMPLEX “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC” ADMIRES GORNOZAVODSK NATURE FINNS ARE PLANNING ON BUILDING TIMBER PROCESSING WORKS Osa – the cultural centre Demolition of ramshackle housing is intended to be done at the expense of investors Elite housing will be built in the Komi-Permyatskiy okrug The gallery epic SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL SITES LIST DEVELOPED ACT-WAIT IS OVER

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buisness Evonik and Sibur Review Options for Cooperation in the RF Henkel closes acquisition of National Starch businesses PERM METALLURGISTS TURN TO FOREIGN CONSUMERS BPC and IPL of India have reached an agreement on the price and volume of MOP

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Tourism The Chusovaya River – the beginning of Yermak trip TEMPLES OF PERM KRAI. BELAYA GORA – Ural Athos Perm at Intourmarket-2008 ORTHODOX SACRED PROCESSION

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olshoe Savino” airport has switched to the summer schedule that will remain in force till October 25, 2008 according to the “Perm Airlines” press-centre. “Bolshoe Savino” in cooperation with air carriers continues to expand its route network increasing the number of flights both within Russia and internationally. This season apart from traditional destinations such as Antalia, Varna, Burgas, Sharm

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el-Sheikh, Dubai, new routes to Tivat (Montenegro), Barcelona and Heraklion will be opened. The number of flights in the direction of Moscow has increased by 50% which makes 12 flights per day. “Bolshoe Savino” is planning to launch new flights to Volgograd and Norilsk. As for the latter 2 weeks ago “Kras Air” Company refused to effect flights to Norilsk says “Perm Airlines” representative. No airline carrier has under-

taken this route so far. Besides “Turkish Airlines” strives to open a regular route connecting Perm to Istanbul. Earlier on there was a charter flight effected through “Perm Airlines” by compact with tourist agencies. However last year the route was closed because of low demand within shuttler traders for whom primarily it was intended. Now with the increase in number of Turkish constructors and registration of several Russian-Turk-

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from ish companies in Perm flights to Istanbul may become more profitable. At the moment “Turkish Airlines” cannot reach the agreement on traffic rights with the Federal Agency for Air Transport “Rosaviation”. According to the intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Turkey the authority to exercise such flights belongs to “Aeroflot”. Though it doesn’t bother “Turkish Airlines” to fly to Yekaterinburg, Rostov, Kazan and St. Petersburg.

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News in Russia Dmitry Medvedev’s secrets revealed

INDEX Aeroflot............................ 1 Akhmarova Natalya....... 10 Baljinnyam Jamiyadava 10 Baronova Irina............... 10 Baumgertner Vladislav.... 9 Belkomur.......................... 4 Belogorski Saint............ 13 Belov Mikhail.................. 6 Belov Sergey.................... 5 Bernasconi Boris.............. 6 Bolshoe Savino................ 1 Boyarchikov Nikolai..... 10 Brodskiy Aleksandr......... 6 Chirkunov Oleg........... 4, 6 Chusovoi Metallurgical Works............................... 9 Citybank.......................... 4 De Laurentis Vincent...... 8 Decq Odille..................... 6 Engel Klaus..................... 8 Exxon Mobil.................... 9 Fukuda Kyozo............... 10 Gazprom........................... 9 General Electric.............. 9 Gordeev Sergei................ 6 Gordeev Vyatcheslav.... 10 Gubakha Coke................. 9 Hadid Zaha...................... 6 Henkel KGaA.................. 9 Hollein Hans.................... 6 Ivanov Aleksey................ 7 Jae Keun Park............... 10 Katyrin Sergei................. 3 Kirova Vera.................... 10 Komleva Gabriella......... 10 Konov Dmitry.................. 8 Korobiena Irina............... 6 Kras Air............................ 1 Kuvatova Leonora......... 10 Kuzembaev Totan............ 6 Latipov Robert................. 2 Lehner Ulrich................... 9 Lerner Jaime.................... 4 Lufthansa..................... 3, 4 LUKOIL............................ 8 Madonna.......................... 4 Maximova Yekaterina... 10 Medvedev Dmitry........ 2, 3 Nabimyllina Elvira.......... 3 National Geographic....... 4 Noever Peter.................... 6 Owen Eric........................ 6 Pelaez Jesus..................... 5 Perm Airlines................... 1 Plotkin Vladimir.............. 6 Prix Wolf.......................... 6 Rashid Hani..................... 6 RF CCI............................. 3 Roadshow......................... 2 Romanov Aleksey............ 6 Rosaviation...................... 1 Roskosmos....................... 4 Rossel Eduard.................. 3 Ruukki Group.................. 5 Sakhorova Ludmila........ 10 Samsung........................... 9 Seyffert Dietmar............ 10 Shmorgoner Kirill.......... 10 Sibur Holding.................. 8 Spuybroek Lars................ 6 Struchkova Raissa......... 10 Tholel Marcelo................ 7 Titanic valley................... 3 Tolstukhin Vladimir...... 10 Toni&Guy......................... 7 Transnational Corporation BP................ 9 Turkish Airlines............... 1 Uralkali............................ 9 Usui Kendzi................... 10 Valukin Evgeny............. 10 Vassiliev Vladimir......... 10 Zhivago............................ 5 Zoritch Yuryi................. 10 Zumptor Peter................. 6

oon incoming President Dmitry Medvedev’s life will be splashed all over a new book. Extracts of the book have been published on the web. Now you can read them here on Russia Today’s website. Q.: What is the Great Russia for you? Or do you prefer reasoning in terms other than these? D. MEDVEDEV: — I don’t quite like pompous speculations. I believe it’s important for an official, the more so someone holding constitutional jobs, to renounce pomp. One should do concrete business. But I have a personal attitude to this. Without any doubt, Russia is a great country. First, we are really great by virtue of our history and our territory. It’s very difficult, for example, to describe

a state as great, if it came into being 10 years ago and measures 1,000 square kilometres. But a country with a 1,000year-long history and occupying one-sixth of the global landmass can only be great by definition, both in the direct and figurative sense of the word. Second, one mustn’t glorify this greatness. One must understand what a complicated world it is that we live in and what a complex country Russia is – precisely by virtue of Russia being very big territorially and rather big in terms of population numbers. It’ll always be more difficult to govern a country like Russia than other countries. Even if we go over to the most advanced technologies. We understand that some decisions will have to be put into prac-

tice physically – by legwork, lorries, or planes, by negotiating our difficult roads – even if we can have the use of digital communications and a global communications environment. And it is clear how important infrastructure is in our country. As any normal Russian, I love my country. I love its history, I love the special spiritual world that is connected with our life. But it’s rather an intimate thing. I believe that this should be somewhere deep down. If a person is a normal citizen, he has a duty to love his country, for otherwise one cannot live in a State. But this must never be emphasised, for otherwise a sensation of insincerity grows right away. The full version of interview read please on http:// www.russiatoday.ru

he Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, 20-22 April 2008 The Russian Economic Forum is the largest Russian business event anywhere in the world, outside of the Russian Federation itself. It has always relied on a number of important fixed elements and well established traditions. Nevertheless, a key secret to maintaining its success for more than a decade has been its ability to adapt, to keep up with the evolving needs and changing face of Russian businesses. 2008 will see the introduction of a new concept for the Forum: the Russia Investment Roadshow. This will reflect a special focus on investment opportunities in Russia and on the continuing growth of Russian investment abroad. As always, event participants will include industry CEOs, bankers, investors, journalists and other opinion formers from Russia and all around the world.

n April 2, after the third and the final reading a law was issued by the State Duma to limit foreigners’ access to strategic economic branches, important for the national security of Russia. They include 42 areas such as manufacturing and processing of some special technology, nuclear, space and aircraft industries, developing, manufacturing and sale of war equipment, as well as exploration and extraction of minerals on the territories of national significance. In other words terri-

tories where there are deposits of uranium, diamonds, nickel, niobium and precious metals as well as deposits with extraction of 70 millions tons of oil, 50 billions of cubic meters, more than 50 tons of vein gold and more than 500 thousand tons of copper. The law also applies to TV and radio broadcasting though it is stipulated that strategic TV and radio companies are those that are broadcast only on the territories with the half or more of the population of a federal subject of Russia.

Chinese workers flood into Russia

RUSSIA Investment Roadshow

Foreigners’ access to our economy has been limited

An intensive two-day programme will present an indepth look at the Russian business landscape. London is Russia’s most important gateway for foreign investment, and the logical location for an event of this nature. As a global financial capital, easily accessible from Moscow, it offers Russian companies an unrivalled opportunity to meet investment bankers, fund managers and other key figures in banking and finance. http://www.russiaforum.com

s Russia’s economy changes, many locals are coming to terms with the need for thousands of unskilled, foreign workers. Business owners say foreign workers often work long hours and for little money. Robert Latipov, the Director General of a factory in the Nizhny Novgorod region, is a big fan of foreign workers. “Their working day is 10 hours long and they work 7 days a week. We pay them a little bit less than the Russians. And the Chinese are highly disciplined, very efficient. They would do whatever you tell them to,” he said. While the wages may be lower in Russia, the Chinese are still earning more than they would in their homeland. Nowadays many locals from small Russian towns are leaving

for the big cities full of hopes for greater opportunities. The idea of working in a local factory is hardly appealing. The young generation considers non-manual jobs as a priority. When locals leave for a better life, factory authorities invite labour force from abroad. http://www.russiatoday. ru/business

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News in Russia Governor of Sverdlovsk talks about small business

n 27 March the governor of Sverdlovsk region Eduard Rossel spoke at the presidium meeting of the State Council of Russian Federation in Tobolsk, where he was invited by Dmitry Medvedev, the elected president of Russia, as a correspondent of IA REGNUM was informed in the Department of information policy of the governor. The meeting tackled upon the question of «overcoming of administrative barriers in the development of small business and the tax policy measures, aimed at its stimutation». In his speech, Rossel noted that no entrepreneur can «pass through 63 different organizations», which

the existence of small and average businesses actually depend on. The governor reminded Dmitry Medvedev of the recent conference in Yekaterinburg, which was dedicated to the development of the domestic medical equipment and medicin production. At that conference Medvedev gave instructions to solve all problems, concerning the licensing of insulin, which production started at Medsyntez plant in Novouralsk. That happened in the beginning of February, but the problems have not been solved yet. A great deal of red tape still exists when it comes to the issue of permission for insulin production, although, already in May, the manufacturers will ten-

der for the government purchase of this essential medicine. Thus, our domestic manufacturer of the medicine, which is 30% cheaper, than the imported one, will be offside. Eduard Rossel also reminded of one more project, that was supported by everyone. The Ministry of economic development and trade of Russian Federation have expressed a positive opinion, but different «coordinating» structures have been hindering it for 3 years. It is «Titanovaya dolyna» (Titanic valley) near Verhnyaya Salda. Companies from 20 leading countries of the world are ready to participate in this project, that is to say in creation of small and average enterpris-

es. The project is being decelerated, and at the same time we export not a ready product, but semi-manufactured articles made of titanium and we actually give 40% of titanium as a «gift» to the USA in the form of waste after article processing. Addressing the minister of economic development and trade Elvira Nabimyllina, the governor of Sverdlovsk suggested introducing the tax on production area surplus. In that case big factories will start getting rid of useless territories, so that small and average businesses will be able to get the area for their work. The elected president supported the suggestion of the head of Sverdlovsk region.

Organisational Session of the RussiaPortugal Entrepreneurship Council

he Organisational session of the Russia-Portugal Entrepreneurship Council (RPEC) was held at the RF CCI March 31,2008. Taking part in the session chaired by RF CCI vice-president Sergei Katyrin, apart from representatives of the interested Russian business circles, were officials from the RF Foreign Ministry and the RF Ministry for

Economic Development and Trade. In his address of welcome Sergei Katyrin noted that at an early stage the RPEC has already succeeded in holding a number of major events aiming at establishing and maintaining partnership relations. He also said that the presence of favourable conditions for the development of business contacts, including the sustained dynamics of

the bilateral political dialogue; efficiency of activities of the Mixed Russian-Portuguese Intergovernmental Commission on the economic, industrial and technological cooperation as well as development of inter-chamber collaboration. According to him, Russian regions have much in store for extending of the base of RPEC membership. Sergei Katyrin stressed that his cham-

ber was prepared to continue rendering assistance to the RPEC activities. V.Zubakin, General Director of Rosagroimport, was elected chairman of the RPEC. Based on the results of the session its participants adopted a detailed memorandum. Department for interrelations with business councils http://eng.tpprf.ru/

Rating of bad roads

ollowing the results of February, roads of Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Perm are considered to be the most dangerous ones. At the end of February, Moscow and Tyumen are leaders in the rating of Russian cities with the safest roads, composed by the Inter-regional Social Center «for the safety of Russian roads». Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Perm tail the rating list. In February, these cities got the biggest rates in the safety index.

Arrange your May vacations today – flights to China for special prices And other favorable offers of the Lufthansa airline. Recently, the Lufthansa airline has published the new special offer for flights to Chinese cities (Nanking, Canton and Peking). Due to the attractive prices for these directions, valid for a trip period from May 1st to May 31st, 2008, Russian tourists may not only spend May vacations in ancient China, but also appreciate the advantage of the Lufthansa airline service. Despite the tickets are sold for the special rate, all the Miles & More program participants will be granted with appropriate bonus miles. Price for a ticket to Nanking and Canton will start from 8 890* rubles, a flight to Peking will cost at least 12 640* rubles (w/o taxes and duties). Tickets within the offer are available for purchase until March 31st, 2008. Number of tickets is limited. The offer is applied for flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kazan, Ufa and Perm. China is one of the most attractive directions for passengers all over the world, as well as one of the most rapid growing air transport markets. By opening of new Frankfurt-Nanking and MunichShenyang flights on March 30th, the Lufthansa airline has increased number of flights to China to 58 per week. The Lufthansa airline has prolonged the term of special offer for flights from Russia to 16 European cities until April 13th. The tickets to the Great Britain, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Spain and the other countries from all the Russian airports with Lufthansa terminal are available for very attractive prices. The cost of the flights starts from 6715 rubles (w/o tax and duties). The trip is to be made until April 20th, 2008 inclusive. The Lufthansa airline special offer tickets are to be bought at least seven days in advance before the flight date. The shortest trip period is at least seven days; the longest is no more than a month. Restrictions are applied. There are discounts for passengers with kids: 25-33% for kids from 2 to 12 years old, 90% for babies younger than 2 years old, with no separate seat. Tickets for the Lufthansa airline flights may be purchased at partner agencies, the Lufthansa sales agencies or by the Internet www.lufthansa. com Lufthansa recommends all the travelers to subscribe for newsletter of the www.lufthansa. com web-site to always be well informed about the latest Lufthansa special offers and other news. The Miles & More program participants will get extra 500 miles, subscribing for the online-news. For additional information please visit www.lufthansa.com.

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news in perm GOVERNOR CHIRKUNOV IS HEADED TO BRAZIL

he krai authorities are intended to borrow Brazilian experience in the city traffic flow management. Mainly for this purpose Oleg Chirkunov is flying to Curitiba where he hopes to meet Jaime Lerner renowned for application of innovative methods of dust, smog and waste control. In the 1960s Jaime Lerner established and became the head of the urban planning agency in Curitiba, furthermore he was thrice elected the city mayor and twice the governor of Paran state. Besides till 2005 he was the president of International Union of Architects. Now Lerner is 69. He’s traveling all over the world sharing his experience with other cities. He definitely has ideas how to make them more comfortable and pleasant to live in. His conception he called in jest “urban acupuncture”.

PERM MIGHT HOST A SPACE LAUNCHER COMPLEX F ederal Space Agency of the Russian Federation considers the possibility of new Russian space launcher complex construction in the north of Perm krai.

Other possible sites include Southern Siberia, Transbaikalia and the island of Sakhalin. The final decision will be drawn in the beginning of 2009 by governmental authorities. Here’s why Perm has an advantage of other competing regions: 1) Maximum wide spectrum of required orbit inclinations, including the minimum one that corresponds with the geographical latitude of the launch site and additionally accounts for 63-65, 71-72, 81 and 97. 2) Efficiency of payload insertion on the geostationary earth orbit 3) Low seismic activity 4) Proximity of trunk railroads (“Bel-

komur” trunk construction) 5) Production and primary resources 6) Possibility of location and construction of the necessary infrastructure objects and their further development. According to “Roskosmos” data new

Russian space port is intended for orbit injection of Russian space vehicles, implementation of manned space programs and ascents aiming at the study of cosmic bodies. Space launcher complex construction is planned to be carried out in three stages which will approximately take 10 years. Long period of construction and implementation of the International Space Station program will force Russia to remain in Baikonur till 2020. “Roskosmos” has also called for tenders on advanced launch vehicle and manual craft development. According to preliminary data some of the contestants will be Samara Missile Space Centre “Progress” with “Soyuz-3” carrier, Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre with “Angara-3P” and “Angara-5P” carriers, and Makeev Missile Space Center. КомпаньONline

“NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC” ADMIRES GORNOZAVODSK NATURE Delegation of the “National Geographic” Channel visited Gornozavodsk district. The group that consisted of 16 tourists from Holland, France and Australia stayed in “Ust-Koiva” tourist center. The guests’ main objective was to discover the Urals nature.

Obstacle course

n April, 5-6th, 2008 the First All-Russia festival on Parkur in covered premises has passed in SC «Spartak» in Perm. In Perm Parkur is presented by Perm Federation Parkur. This organization is one of the strongest sports federations in sphere Parkur across all Russia. Organizers of festival: Perm Federation Parkur, the European Association «Multisport Russie» at support of the Ministry of culture and mass communications of the Perm edge, committee on the youth

policy of Administration of Perm, committee on physical training and sports of Administration of Perm. The festival has the huge importance for world Parkur as athletes have gathered in Perm from 17 cities from all Russia. The world legend Sebastian Fukan – one of founders world Parkur has visited the festival. He is known on shootings in film «James Bond, the Casino Grand Piano», work with Madonna in her clips and on work on her world tour Confessions tour.

A holder of the Citybank Miles & More credit card has become the 200 000th member of the Lufthansa airline program He was granted with 20000 bonus miles as a welcome gift. Miles & More, a program for frequently traveling passengers of the Lufthansa airline and 8 other air companies, together with Citybank welcome a new holder of Citybank Miles & More credit card, who becomes the 200 000th member of Miles & More in Russia. As a welcome gift Daniil Bulavin, the Citybank and Miles & More client, has received 20 000 bonus miles. That is enough miles to get a free flight to one of the European cities or to use other advantages of the Miles & More partners. The program for frequently traveling passenger Miles & More has been functioning in Russia for 15 years already, providing its clients unique advantages for travels. However, since the Citybank Miles & More credit card had been put into operation in the February 2008, the program members received a better way to collect the bonus miles. The Miles & More credit card of Citybank gives advantage of favorable credit term and revolving credit line up to 600 000 rubles. The card allows you to get one bonus mile for each 30 rubles, spent from the

card, and obtain 3000-5000 bonus miles as a welcome gift after the first purchase made with the card. The bonus miles may be used to get better class of flight service, order bonus air tickets, make hotel payments, rent cars, and shop during travels in more than 800 directions of the Lufthansa airline and its partners. The bonus miles, collected by the regular Miles & More program member are valid for only 36 months, unlike the holders of Miles & More credit cards, which have an extra advantage. The clients of Citybank Miles & More may use their miles at any time they want. This offer is valid for the bank clients, using the bank service for at least 3 monthsm

if they make at least one purchase with the CItybank Mile & More credit card per month. The Miles & More success history all over the world began in 1993. That time the Lufthansa airline together with other seven companies, working in hotel business and car rent service, started special program passengers’ bonuses. Today, fifteen years later, Miles & More is the largest program for frequently traveling passengers in Europe; it counts 15 million participants all over the world. More than 200 companies provide wide range of services within Miles & More. There is no other same program in Europe, which has such a great number of

participants and such various ways for collecting and using the bonus miles. Celebrating the achievements of Miles & More in Russia and all over the world, in the nearest future the program members can expect even greater opportunities for collecting and using the bonus miles. Since May, 2008 passengers will be able to pay for airports’ tax and duties as well as fuel duty on domestic and flights inside Europe with the bonus miles. The payment’s cost is 10 000 miles. The Miles & More participants, booking economy-class tickets with flexible conditions of the flight, will get 500 extra bonus miles (for flights back and forth). Besides, passengers, flying at the new directions of the Lufthansa airline such as Frankfurt-Nanking (Seattle or Calgary), Dusseldorf-Toronto (Chicago), will get doubled bonus miles. The same rule is applied for some European directions. Moreover, Miles & More will prolong the Fly Smart special offer for flights inside Europe – a ticket will cost only 15 000 bonus miles, if two tickets are ordered.

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news in perm he Finnish company Ruukki Group is planning to establish timber processing works in Perm krai according to the krai administration information centre. Earlier on the company’s representatives carried on negotiations with Sverdlovsky and Kostromskoi regions’ authorities; however these projects weren’t eventually carried out. In the latter case timber processing complex priced at €1.1 billion was set to be built including sawmill with estimated capacity of 500 thousand cubic meters per year and cellulose factory of 800 thousand tons per year capacity. Within the Perm region project the Finnish company is expecting to process 6 million cubic meters of the cut-over land per year. However according to the Perm krai

Ministry of Natural Resources, the region’s expected cutting area accounts for 17 million cubic meters, 8 million of which are being processed every year. Specialists have estimated that minimal amount of investments cannot be less than €100 million. The Ministry of Natural Resources announced that the Ruukki Group didn’t address the agency in order to elaborate the project. Therefore it still didn’t pass the stage of negations with the krai governor. Ruukki Group (Finland) is a multiindustry holding that carries out significant investment projects in the spheres of woodworking, metallurgy, information technologies and others. The Timber Company Ruukki is operating in 24 countries with the staff of about 14.7 thousand people.

n the 27 March the tasting of sherry Fernando de Castillia took place in the Wine Collection boutique (placed in the Zhivago restaurant).

Jesus Pelaez, an international director of the company, performed for Perm citizen the most popular kinds of sherry and revealed some secrets of the production. «Fino», «Amontillado», «Cream», «Oloroso» sherries and «Brandy of Sherry» – magic drink for people, who apprehend good life, were presented on the tasting. Atmosphere of the wine boutique, bright presentation of Jesus and the «gold in the crystal glass» didn’t live people cold.

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FINNS ARE PLANNING ON BUILDING TIMBER PROCESSING WORKS

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LAND PARCEL. 26 Hectares. The parcel is located in 20 km from B. Savino airport in forest park zone. Formerly a military camp, sold by auction. Presently it is a private property. There are constructions and communications at the land. Destination is residentinal or industrial areas. The parcel has no charges. The Price is 26 mln rubles.

OFFICE FACILITIES. Office facilities in B-class 10-storied office biuilding, presently under construction, are available for purchase. Prices start from 65 thousand rubles per sq. m. Free-pattern planning. The commission is scheduled at the 4th quarter of 2008.

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Osa – the cultural centre

PERM / 17-20 APRIL 2008

n March 15, 2008 Osa town welcomed its guests on the opening day of the program “Osa is a town of discoveries” as a part of the project “The cultural centre of Perm Krai”. In the conservatory “Cultural and Recreation Centre of Osa Town” there were festivities with music played by a brass band. The grand opening of the program took place in the fair square where the holiday Farewell to Winter was celebrated. At the same time there was a competition on snowmobiles and the third tournament of kettlebell sport of Perm

Kai in commemoration of the master of sports of Russia A. Khozyashev. Besides the guests of the town visited the museum “Pugachev’s capture of the Osa Fortress”, the museum of nature, the museum of E. Kolobov and the theatre “New Opera” and Troitzkiy Cathedral. The main purposes of the program: 1. To consolidate the status of the town as the historical and cultural centre of the region. 2. To demonstrate the cultural wealth of the town and the achievements of its international, inter-regional and inter-mu-

nicipal relations. 3. To support cultural innovations. To develop the initiative of the town residents. New cultural events will take place within this program while some projects will gain higher status: interregional and even international. Among the most important innovative projects there will be the jazz festival “Fresh wind” for all Russian children, exhibitions of art works of the photographer Sergey Belov, competitions of new ideas for improving the town’s appearance, a meeting for young people from all over the country and others.

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n 2007, Perm witnessed the resettlement of one and a half more ramshackle and repair houses, than in 2006. It should be noted that 9 houses of the total are of 6.04 thousand square meters are planned to be demolished in 2008, and 24 houses are at the stage of resettlement. As it was stated in the city administration of housing relations, the rate of ramshackle housing demolition in Perm will be increased due to the programme of built-up territory development, which is meant to last for 5 years. According to the plan, investors will be in charge of the ramshackle housing demolition and people resettlement. If they can resettle people from the territory they will have the possibility to build up the freed territory. It is necessaty to remind the reader that in 2007 the city administration elaborated the package of documents, meant to attract the investments for the development of the builtup territories, occupied by ramshackle housing stock. The first open auctions for the right to enter into agreement with investors will take place in the second quarter of 2008. During the year, 13 areas, which boundaries are being specified, will be put up for auction.

Elite housing will be built in the Komi-Permyatskiy okrug

n May 2008 the auctions will take place in Kudymkar, Perm Krai, during which the land for low-rise housing construction in the 12th micro-district will be sold. As it was reported to the correspondent of IA REGNUM by the press-service of krai administration on 27 March, two lots of 3.1 and 2.8 hectares will be put up to auction in order to use them for cottage and town-houses building It is necessary to say, that the authorities of Kudymkar called the 12th micro-district a promising area for house building and have already sold 13.2 hectares at the auctions for multistorey building. It is necessaty to remind the reader that the 12th micro-district of Kudymkar planning project was approved in April 2007. The area of the territory accounts for 47 hectares. It is planned to build up about 75 thousand square meters of living space. The micro-district will be built up by multistorey houses and cottages. Apart from dwelling houses, the projects include buildings for cultural, social and everyday purposes: a school, a kindergarten, a shopping center, a postal telegraph office, sales outlets and a park.

The gallery epic A

competition of the new art museum projects took place in Perm. And its result was a sensation – the first place was taken by Boris Bernasconi, a young Russian architect, and the famous Zaha Hadid could get only the third place. The competition for the new Perm art museum was conducted under aegis of the Perm region by the Modern Arts Centre of Irina Korobiena. The first turn of the competition was open. By now the second turn, the restricted one, was summarized. May be it is due to the connections of Mrs. Korobiena or just favorable conjuncture, anyway the competition has become celebrated. Architects from 320 architectural agencies, representing 50 countries, applied for the competition, including world-famous ones. The jury was represented by such world authorities as Arata Isodzaki, the main architect of Japan, Swiss architect Peter Zumptor and Peter Noever, the director of MAK museum in Vienna, one of the main European art ringleaders for the last 20 years. The second turn was full of foreign stars: Hani Rashid from New York, Wolf Prix from Vienna, Eric Owen Moss from Los-Angeles, Hans Hollein from Vienna, Lars Spuybroek from Amsterdam, Odille Decq from Paris and Zaha Hadid, – as well as Russian ones: Aleksandr Brodskiy,

Efanov V.P. «mother», 1957, portrait, linen, oil, 47x38 cm . Totan Kuzembaev and Vladimir Plotkin. Finally the second turn has been summarized. The result is shocking. The first place was shared between Russian architect Boris Bernasconi and Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati. Zaha Zadid resulted with the third place. The sensation is more amplified first of all with fact, that Boris Bernasconi is only 31 years old, which is very young for an architect. There is even nothing specific to tell about him, except he graduated from Moscow architects institute (Mikhail Belov class) and successfully performed at recent exhibitions in Moscow. Many were astonished how could an architect without building experience get into the second turn. Second of all, project of Valerio Olgiati, the second winner, is very “strange”, and has very low chances to

be realized. That’s why, even if the jury voted equally for both architects, there is only one winner – Boris Bernasconi. Well, here the article could be finished, offering reader to applause the Boris Bernasconi vistory. But there are some difficulties, which are necessary to be told. First of all, it is the competition itself. Oleg Chirkunov, the Perm region governor, and Sergei Gordeev, the Perm region senator and chairman of “Russian vanguard” fund, were going to make the Perm art museum as the second Bilbao – the world-famous sight, created by some foreign star architect. Sergei Gordeev even brought Tomas Krens, the head of the Guggenheim fund, to the Perm region. However, it’s turned out that Peter Zumptor and Peter Noever are totally against the Guggenheim

fund policy; both of them represent views of European intellectuals, which consider activities of the American museum as tendency of commercializing and profanation of culture. As a result the jury and the owner occurred to have different conceptions about the new museum. The fact that Boris Bernasconi has overcome the world’s elite is very joyful and triumphant But it would be “little bit” difficult to increase tourists flow with Bernaskoni name. Second of all, its project is rather problematic. It is a big glass box, in some way similar to Central house of artist in Moscow, but with a railroad inside of it. And that is the Trans-Siberian Railway branch line. There is something exotic in idea to let Trans-Sib pass through the halls of the museum. But, according to Russian legislation a museum building could not serve for any other main function (only auxiliary). Moreover, if another function is a train station; Ministry of culture would never approve this. So, no one knows what to do. The situation could be solved only by outside resources. Either everybody at the federal level decides that Boris Bernasconi is the Russian hope, and this fantastic victory should be supported by all the means, or the Perm competition will turn out to be fake. And that is really unwanted.

Excellence Award for Perm film director

leksey Romanov, a perm film director, returned from Tokyo where he took part in the international JVC Tokyo Video Festival-2008 held on March 1–3. He was the only representative of our country at the festival. Most of the participants came from Asian countries as well as from the USA, France, Germany and Latin America. The Perm director received Excellent Award prize for his film “Ritual of autumn wind”. The director of the film defines its genre as “a meditative trip”. The documentary full of Manci legends tells about a long journey of “the last Manci of Perm Krai” Aleksey Bahtiyarov that he takes to get some deer meat. The film is to be broadcasted by several Japanese TV channels. Today Aleksey Romanov is shooting a documentary about foreigners in Russia. The première of the film is to be held in July.

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news in perm SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL SITES LIST DEVELOPED

he Perm krai government adopted the check list of specially protected natural sites of the region. The following data was previously dispersed in the numerous regulations and standards issued by the krai legislative and executive authorities. The list accounts for 263 natural sites. Those include wild landscape areas (The White Moss rocks in the Cherdyn district, Vetlan and Garrulous Stone in the Krasnovishersk district, the Stone Town in Gremyachensk district), geological sites (Gubakhinskaya and Ordinskaya Caves), hydrologic sights

(Yermakov Spring in Cherdyn), and protected landscapes (Mount of Kapkan (Deadfall Mountain) in Chernushka, Kvarkush and Polyudov Stone in Krasnovishersk, Adovo Lake in Gainy). Not to forget zoological (“Guselnikovsky” in the Kishert district) and botanic reserves (The Perm State University Botanical gardens), botanic natural monuments (Zyukaisky steep in the Karagai district, Veslyansky “Chirping Forest” in Gainy) and historical and natural complexes (The Count Burr in the Kishert district, Kuvinsky Burr in the Kudymkar district, Kungur Ice Cave and Icy Mountain).

All the listed above natural areas are subject to preferential protection. Building construction, tree felling (except for the sanitary one), waste recycling, geological exploration that may damage soil and vegetation cover or animals’ living space are prohibited on the sites’ territory. They are allowed to visit for recreational and educational purposes only. Boundaries of the majority of specially protected natural sites have already been determined. The Ministry of Urban Planning and Infrastructure Development is to provide all the natural monuments with official documentation in the course of 2008.

Aleksey Ivanov has given an interview specially to “The Perm Days”: “In provincial Russia it’s very difficult and even almost impossible for a writer to publish a book. Local publishing houses are open only for those who can pay for publishing their book themselves. As for the capital its publishing houses they are not interested in books about the province. I wrote the novel “The heart of Parma” in 2000 but it took me three years to get

admitted to the governor and persuade him to allot money from the regional

budget for publishing my book. The book was published in 2003 and soon after that it was republished in Moscow and became a bestseller all over the country. I have given for free the right to perform a musical staged after my novel to the local theatre. I did it to express my gratitude to the perm Krai for publishing the book. In Russia we say “One good turn deserves another”.

Finally, Toni&Guy in Perm! The cult British brand has been established at 62b Lunacharskogo st. Recently there was official opening with presentation of new super fashionable hair styles collection, another great party, devoted to the colorists presentation, took place on April 2nd. Half of the year they studied in Moscow, and now the ones are ready to show their knowledge and skills to the versed Perm public. Toni&Guy is not just a barbershop, but the best hairdressers’ school in Europe. Only

professionals work at Toni&Guy. The Perm hair salon is not an exception. Its main feature is constant learning. All the masters, working at Toni&Guy, always learn something

new! Marcelo Tholel, art-director of the Toni&Guy Perm, is one of the best Toni&Guy masters for today. And the rest hairdressers at Toni&Guy, guided by him, are ready to make the Perm citizens really stylish. So The Perm Days newspaper was happy to take part in such wonderful presentation and want to say we’d be glad to make some close parties for fashionable Perm citizens and foreign guests of the city with Toni&Guy Perm together. You are Welcome!

ACT-WAIT IS OVER

he krai court has settled the Perm Theater of Opera and Ballet complaint on the Leninsky district administration decision that ceased the theater work in the audience hall. The court has decided that during the first instance legal investigation the circumstances of the case were not studied thoroughly enough. On March 28 the Court of Leninsky District decided to stop all the activity in the theater’s auditorium hall for 30 days. The theatre was determined guilty of the fire safety rules violation. On February 2008 during the Fire Safety Supervising Agency check 75 violations were detected. As a result the district administration brought an action and took the case to the Court of Leninsky District. On April 2 the court officers sealed the hall up and warned the theater management of administrative and criminal liability in case the court decisions weren’t effected. Thus the decision threatened to frustrate Cesaria Evora concert, Alexander Kalyagin Theater tour and international ballet contest “Arabesque-2008” holding. At that time Georgy Isaakyan, the theater’s art directed, announced that he was capable of violating the law in order to hold all the scheduled events. Once the court officers left, the seals were plucked and the spectators made their way to the hall unimpeded. Next day the officers sealed the hall up again but the ban was ignored one more time before Alexander Kalyagin Theatre performance. But for all that the constant change of theater acting art directors prevented the officers from calling somebody to account for the court decision violation. While complaint processing the lawyer

Andrey Brazhkin asked the krai court to cancel the first instance decision and fix a penalty that wouldn’t imply ceasing of the theater activity. Moreover mister Brazhkin mentioned that by April 2 theater workers eliminated 15 violations and 8 more by April 3. Besides the lawyer solicited for deposition of the Property Management Agency director’s letter that guarantees allocation of funds (about 8 million rubles) for liquidation of all the fire safety rules violations. The theater directors reached the agreement with the krai capital construction management on the theater building reconstruction, said Andrey Brazhkin. Georgy Isaakyan mentioned in his turn that temporary suspension of the theater’s activity would lead to 13 million rubles losses. “For the theater it’s an enormous sum of money, the art director explained, as a result of the suspension we may go bankrupt”. At the same time Isaakyan stated once more that the theater closure would cause a great damage to the krai cultural life.

In the long run the judge Olga Vasilyeva determined that the decision of the district court was unmotivated for it lacks the analysis of every fire safety violation imputed to the cultural institution, besides, the district court failed to determine whether the theater was guilty of the said offence. “I’m glad that today I won’t have to break the law”, says Georgy Isaakyan at the end of the hearing, “now the tour performances will take place legally not like yesterday when the theater was considered to be a criminal”. At the same time the art director complained that the case was taken to the same court and “meeting the person who authorized the theater suspension will be hard for both parties”. Perm Ministry of Emergency Situations authorities refused to comment on the cancel of the Leninsky district court decision. Natalya Moiseeva, the Federal Bailiff Service representative in Perm krai, explained that the theater wouldn’t be sanctioned for plucking off the officers’ seals as far as the previous court decision was cancelled.

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buisness Evonik and Sibur Review Options for Cooperation in the Russian Federation

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easibility study underway regarding the construction of chemical plants for propylene oxide and hydrogen peroxide

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UKOIL Subsidiary Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. Closes Deal to Acquire Gasoline Stations from ConocoPhillips East Meadow, NY, May 21, 2004 …Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL, announced its acquisition of 779 Mobil-branded gasoline stations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania from ConocoPhillips. According to the terms of this transaction, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. has acquired 308 Mobil branded fee and lease properties plus contracts to supply an additional 471 Mobil branded locations. Collectively, these sites generate over 1.1 billion gallons of gasoline sales annually and will more than double the amount of Getty’s current light product sales in the United States. “We are pleased to announce the closing of this transaction,” said Vincent De Laurentis, President and COO of Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. “With this deal finalized, and with the addition of such premier locations to our portfolio, Getty and LUKOIL have solidified their position in the Northeast market. We look forward to continuing our position as a leading supplier of petroleum products to U.S. consumers.” Lehman Brothers, a global investment bank, acted as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner for the Credit Facility and financial advisor for the acquisition. Renaissance Capital, a Moscow based investment bank, also acted as financial advisors for the acquisition. Founded in 1991, LUKOIL is one of the world’s largest vertically integrated oil companies and currently ranks second in the world in terms of proven reserves. As a publicly traded company, LUKOIL is the most diversified Russian oil company and the first to have ventured abroad to make a significant commitment to the U.S. market. LUKOIL is Russia’s number one petroleum refiner and with this acquisition, has more than 4,700 gasoline stations worldwide and over 2,000 outlets in the United States. It is publicly traded on numerous international stock exchanges and most recently was listed on the London Stock Exchange (Symbol: LKOD). http://www.lukoilamericas.com/

Essen, Germanybased Evonik Industries AG and the Russian JSC Sibur Holding, based in Moscow, have agreed to start an exclusive feasibility study regarding the possible construction of a facility to produce propylene oxide (PO), together with hydrogen peroxide, for use in the Russian Federation. The study is to be completed in the coming months and will determine possible locations and capacities. Sibur is considering the construction of a PO plant that uses the new HPPO process, which produces propylene oxide from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and propylene in a low-cost and ecologically sound manner. Evonik and the engineering company Uhde, Dortmund, Germany, jointly developed this HPPO process and are now licensing it to other chemical companies.

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Dr. Klaus Engel Dmitry Konov, President of Sibur, commented: “Possible partnership with Evonik will allow to serve the quickly expanding market for propylene oxide in Russia with this innovative process.” Propylene oxide is a precursor material for polyurethane, which is used, for example, in cushioning and instrument panels for cars. Dr. Klaus Engel,

Member of Evonik’s Executive Board and responsible for the Chemicals Business Area, explained: “We want to expand our presence with hydrogen peroxide in the region of Eastern Europe. With Sibur, we are co-operating with a reliable and experienced partner who is intimately familiar with this high-growth region.” Evonik is the only company that can provide the process technology for the HPPO process to produce propylene oxide, the necessary special catalyst, and the raw material, hydrogen peroxide, from a single source. If it receives approval Evonik and Sibur will review the establishment of a joint venture for the production of hydrogen peroxide with Evonik’s own technology to supply a potential HPPO plant with the hydrogen peroxide. The H2O2 plant, to be constructed at the same location as the HPPO plant in the Russian Federation, would supply the planned PO production of Sibur with

hydrogen peroxide. Furthermore, the estimated capacity is to be sufficiently large that the joint venture would supply the growing market in the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with H2O 2 for conventional applications, primarily in paper and pulp bleaching processes. In mid-January, Evonik had started the operation of a significantly expanded hydrogen peroxide facility in Ulsan, Korea, in conjunction with its American joint venture partner, Headwaters of South Jordan, Utah. This facility will supply the Korean H2O2 market, while providing the Korean company SKC in Seoul with hydrogen peroxide, directly “over the fence” from the Ulsan site. In the coming months, SKC will begin operating one of the first global facilities for producing propylene oxide to use the new HPPO process under license from Evonik and Uhde.

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Evonik Industries is the creative industrial group from Germany which operates in three business areas: Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate. Evonik is a global leader in specialty chemicals, an expert in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies, and one of the largest private residential real estate companies in Germany. Our strengths are creativity, specialization, continuous self-renewal, and reliability. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In its fiscal year 2007 about 43,000 employees generated sales of about €14.4 billion and an operating profit (EBIT) of more than €1.3 billion (preliminary figures).

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buisness Henkel closes acquisition of National J Starch businesses

PERM METALLURGISTS TURN TO FOREIGN CONSUMERS

oint Metallurgical Company that comprises the Open JSC “Chusovoi Metallurgical Works” took part in the world largest exhibition of tubular goods and equipment for tubular industry producers “Tube-2008” that was hold in the German city of Düsseldorf on March 31 – April 4, 2008, says “Chusovoi Metallurgical Works” press-centre representative.

enkel has taken over from Akzo Nobel the Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses previously owned by National Starch. “This acquisition represents a milestone in our 130-plus-year corporate history and points Henkel clearly in the direction of further profitable growth,” said Ulrich Lehner, Chairman of the Management Board of Henkel KGaA. The acquisition was preceded by the carve-out of the businesses to be acquired by Henkel and the requisite antitrust and anticompetitive investigations by the relevant authorities. In 2007, these two business segments of National Starch generated sales of 1.25 billion GBP (about 1.83 billion euros). The purchase price was 2.7 billion GBP (about 3.7 billion euros). Following the integration, annualized sales of Henkel’s Adhesives Technologies business sector will increase to about 7.5 billion euros. Henkel expects synergies from the acquisition of 240 to 260 million euros per year and anticipates it will realize the full synergy potential from 2011 on. “We will do everything in our power to integrate this excellent company with its outstanding employees and products quickly and smoothly”, added Ulrich Lehner. Henkel will provide an update on the integration process in connection with the publication of the Q1 figures on May 7, 2008.

Market position strengthened By acquiring the Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses of National Starch, Henkel substantially further strengthens its leading position in the global adhesives markets, particularly in the industrial segment. The businesses of National Starch and the existing Henkel Adhesives Technologies portfolio excellently complement each other. Within Henkel’s Adhesives Technologies business sector, the acquisition will have a particular impact on the packaging and wood adhesives businesses, as well as on the electronics business. Henkel, for example, has very good market positions in the laminating adhesives segment used in the manufacture of flexible packaging for food products, while National Starch is a leader in pressure-sensitive adhesives. As a result of the merger, these technologies will be accessible to a larger number of customers, while new areas of application are expected to be developed. In the electronics field, National Starch offers a specialty adhesive with which electronic chips can be bonded on – for example – credit cards, while Henkel markets solutions for the protection of these sensitive chips against damaging environmental influences such as heat or sun radiation. The combination of the two businesses now enables customers to source both solutions from a single supplier. Henkel also sees a

significant strengthening of its regional market positions. The share of sales accounted for by the Asia-Pacific region will, with the acquisition of the National Starch businesses, increase from 8 percent to around 12 percent, and the share of sales of the adhesives business per se in this region will actually double due to the already strong position of both companies. At the same time, the strong market position enjoyed by Henkel in Europe, particularly in the growth region of Eastern Europe, can be leveraged to accelerate expansion by enabling brands and technologies from National Starch to be marketed via the Henkel sales and distribution network already established in this region. For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and technologies that make people’s lives easier, better and more beautiful. Henkel operates in three business areas – Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesives Technologies – and ranks among the Fortune Global 500 companies. In fiscal 2007, Henkel generated sales of 13,074 million euros and operating profit of 1,344 million euros. Our 53,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling our corporate claim, «A Brand like a Friend,» and ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from Henkel. http://henkel.com/press

The exhibition takes place once in two years. This time 5 pavilions of the Messe Düsseldorf exhibition center hosted 629 companies from 50 countries of the world. The Joint Metallurgical Company production was presented under the slogan “Oil, gas and water get delivered through our tubes to

the countries of the world”. According to the Joint Metallurgical Company press service and Mikhail Brodsky, the company’s technical strategy director, 5 exhibition days brought new agreements on the company’s goods delivery to dozens of new consumers. The JMC management has in its turn examined the world leaders of equipment production achievements in order to discover new directions of the tubular industry development. It should be highlighted than in 2007 the JMC supplied up to 18% of tubular goods to the Russian market including 34% of big diameter tubes, 62% of railway wheels, and about 75% of automobile carriage springs. In 2007 the JMC enter-

prises produced 1.8 million tons of tubular goods and 820 thousand railway wheels. Among the JMC’s clients are the leading companies of Russia and of the world: “Gazprom”, “Russian Railways”, “Lukoil”, “JSC Transneft”, “Surgutneftegaz”, “Rosneft”, “Transnational Corporation BP”, “Exxon Mobil”, “Royal Dutch / Shell”, “General Electric”, “Samsung”. The Joint Metallurgical Company goods are exported to 20 countries of the world. One of the country’s largest tube producer Closed JSC “JMC” unites numerous enterprises such as “Chusovoi Metallurgical Works”, “Gubakha Coke” (Perm krai) and “Shelkovski Metallurgical Works” (Moscow region).

BPC and IPL of India have reached an agreement on the price and volume of MOP

PC (Uralkali’s export trader and a 50% joint venture with Belaruskali) has informed Uralkali of an agreement reached on March 20, 2008 with IPL, India’s largest importer of mineral fertilizers, on the price and volume for the supply of potassium chloride (MOP) in 2008-2009. The price for sales to IPL has been set at $625 per tonne of MOP, which is $355 per tonne higher than the price for sales to IPL set in June, 2007. The new price has been established for shipments from May 2008 until March 2009.

Vladislav Baumgertner, General Director and CEO

BPC’s agreement with IPL is for the shipment of 750,000 tonnes of potassium chloride (MOP). Uralkali’s portion of these deliveries

will be determined in accordance with the budget agreed with Belaruskali. BPC believes that settlement with IPL equally benefits both parties: BPC will strengthen its leading positions at the Indian potash market and IPL will secure the long term supply agreement amidst continuous tightening of MOP global supplies. The successful result of its negotiations with IPL proves the commitment of the company for uninterrupted supplies to India as a key consumer market. http://uralkaly.e-stock.ru/en/

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culture X Competition of Ballet Dancers of Russia

«ARABESQUE —2008» (open for foreign dancers) Russia, Perm, 19-29 April 2008 Opening of the Competition. Casting of lots 19 April Saturday

Opening of the Competition holds at the Perm Tchaikovsky opera and ballet Theatre.

20 April Sunday

Round I (first day) The time-table of viewings of the first day of the first round: • 6 p.m.

21 April Monday

Round I (second day) The time-table of viewings of the second day of the first round: • at 12 noon; • at 6 p.m.

22 April Tuesday

Round I (third day) The time-table of viewings of the third day of the first round: • at 12 noon; • at 6 p.m.; • The results announcement

23 April

Rehearsal da

«Arabesque» is a Russian ballet competition that was founded to be open for foreign dancers to participate in. Since 1990 about 500 young ballet artists and students of choreography schools from almost all the ballet companies of Russia, former republics of the USSR, as well as of Austria, Argentina, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, Mongolia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, the USA, Turkey, Croatia, South Korea, Venezuela, Japan have taken part in this contest. The artistic director of the competition is a People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Vassiliev, who was also the chairman of the Jury in 1990, 1992 and 1994. Since 1996 a People’s Artist of the USSR Yekaterina Maximova heads this post. In different times among the members of the Jury were Vyatcheslav Gordeev, Raissa

Struchkova, Evgeny Valukin (Moscow), Gabriella Komleva, Nikolai Boyarchikov (St.-Petersburg), Ludmila Sakhorova, Kirill Shmorgoner (Perm), Leonora Kuvatova (Ufa), Yuryi Zoritch (USA), Kendzi Usui and Kyozo Fukuda (Japan), Vera Kirova (Bulgaria), Irina Baronova (Great Britain), Dietmar Seyffert (Germany), Jamiyadava Baljinnyam (Mongolia), Park Jae Keun (Korea) and others. In 1994 «Arabesque» was admitted and taken under patronage of UNESCO. The President of the International Council of Dance (UNESCO) Milorad Miskovitch was a member of the Jury twice. The ballet competition «Arabesque» has already become traditional; it takes place in Perm State Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, one of the oldest theatres in Russia, built up in the 19th century on the initiative of the demo-

cratic community of Perm, with participation of the municipal musical society, to which belonged a world-famous family Diaghilev. In this family, in the atmosphere of worship to theatre, a well-known impresario of Russian art Sergey Diaghilev spent his youth. Now the Grand Prix of the competition «Arabesque» bears the name of Sergey Diaghilev. The main aims of this unique in Russia ballet competition were always the striving to open new names, to give a chance to young talented artists to show their worth, to promote classical heritage and contem-

porary choreography, to develop contacts with foreign representatives of ballet art. Partnership of this year competition • Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation, • Theatrical Association of Russia, • Perm Region Department of Culture, • Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, • International Council of Dance (U.N.E.S.C.O), • And Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova,George Zoritch, Yukari Saito and Nikolai Fyodorov.

Jury of competition

In jury of competition enter Yekaterina Maximova, Natalya Akhmarova, Nikolay Boyarchikov, Vladimir Tolstukhin (Russia), Vera Kirova (Bulgaria), Park Jae Keun (Korea), Ditmar Seiffert (Germany), Marat Daukaev (USA), Nina Novak (Venezuela), Vadim Pisarev (Ukrain), Radu Poklitaru (Belarussia), the honour member of jury George Zoritch (USA).

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24 April Thursday

Round II (first day) The time-table of viewings of the first day of the second round: • at 12 noon; • at 6 p.m.

25 April Friday

Round II (second day) The time-table of viewings of the second day of the second round: • at 12 noon; • The results announcement

26 April Saturday

Round III The time-table of viewings of the third round: • at 12 noon; • at 6 p.m.; • The results announcement

27 April Sunday

The closing ceremony. The winners gala concert

28 April Monday

The winners gala concert

The competition is held from 19 April to 28 April 2008 in the Perm Opera House (25a Kommunisticheskaya St., going by tram 3, 4, 7, 12, 13 till Central Post-Office). The competition participants and guests are accommodated in the hotel «Urals» (58 Lenin St., going by tram 3, 4, 7, 12 by trolley 1, 5, 7, by bus 14t, 68t till Central Department Store). The competition headquarters are on the third floor of the hotel «Urals» (Room 366, 58 Lenin St.). The headquarters day and nigth tel. 218-63-66. The Competition management is housed in the theatre of opera and ballet ( 25a Kommunisticheskaya St.), on the second floor, room 230. Tel: 212-71-24, 239-22-91, from 9 a.m to 10 p.m. The time is local, 2 hours ahead of Moscow time.

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culture

Vladimir Vasiliev

Vladimir Vasiliev is a Russian ballet dancer, was principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, and was best known for his role of Spartacus and his powerful leaps and turns. Born in Moscow in 1940, the son of a truck driver, Vasiliev graduated from the Moscow Ballet School in 1958 and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. He became a premier dancer who made enormous contributions to the development of classical male dance; he came to embody the strong new Bolshoi male. He is the only dancer to be given the title “World’s Best Dancer” by the Paris Dance Academy. Russia’s influential ballet critic Fedor Lopukhov called him “God of the dance … A miracle in art, perfection,” Numerous roles were created for him, and he performed throughout the world, usu-

and State Order “For Merits” of France, Lithuanian State Order, State Order of Brasil “Rio Branco”, UNESCO Pablo Picasso Medal and others. «Vladimir Vasiliev’s Spartacus... At the age of twenty eight he created a role which immediately joined the select ranks of performances possessing a universally cultural and timeless significance, such as Anna Pavlova’s Swan, Galina Ulanova’s Juiliet, May a Plisetskaya’s Carmen. It has the same high mission: to comprehend the world and through dance, plasticity to give expression to this comprehension... ...At rehearsals too, Vasiliev demonstrates the same fine standards and impetuosity. He infects, electrifies those who surround him with his spiritual energy, his indomitable willpower.

Ekaterina Maximova

Ekaterina Maximova is one of the most popular and beloved of the Russian ballerinas of the 20th Century. Born in Moscow on 1 February 1939 she studied at the Moscow Choreographic Institute under the distinguished ballerina Elisaveta Gerdt. An exceptionally talented student she was taken into the Bolshoi immediately on her graduation in 1958 having already danced the complete role of Masha in Vainonen’s Nutcracker. Her creative biography is inseparably linked with that of Vladimir Vasiliev. They have

been partners both professionally and privately throughout their adult lives. Early in her career at the Bolshoi she performed a few smaller assignments such as the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Colombine in The Bronze Horseman, the Bell Dance in Act 2 of The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which she danced in Galina Ulanova’s farewell performance, but soon under Ulanova’s guidance danced her first Giselle in 1960. However her first major success had already taken place in 1959 with the role of Katerina in The Stone Flower. This was her first meeting with choreographer Yuri Grigorovich and a collaboration which was last 20 years in which she danced a number of leading roles in his productions, most notably perhaps for western audiences Phrygia in Spartacus and Masha in The Nutcracker. These ballets, alongside Giselle were the backbone to many of the tours undertaken by the Bolshoi in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Her other main roles during this time at the Bolshoi were Kitri in Don Quixote and Cinderella in Zakharov’s version of the fairy tale. She also danced Maria in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai. In 1973 she added Juliet in Lavrovsky’s version of the Shakespeare ballet to her repertoire. Together with Vasiliev she toured independently from the main Bolshoi troupe from the early 1980’s and took on many new roles created for her by her husband. Perhaps the greatest of all was her performance in title role of his full-length ballet Aniuta premiered on stage in 1986 based on a film recorded four years earlier. She enjoyed huge success with the Kremlin Ballet in Moscow in 1990 in the title role of his production of Cinderella. Since leaving the stage she has worked at the Bolshoi Theatre as a pedagogue, coaching the leading soloists in ballerina roles. Also since 1982 she has been on the faculty of dance at Moscow’s GITIS institute.

THE BEST OBJECTS OF PERM HOSPITALITY

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Danseur noble, teacher, star of films and Broadway shows, won international acclaim during his remarkable career as a superlative exponent of the Russian ballet. Born in Moscow in 1917, a student of the legendary Preobrajenska, Zoritch joined Colonel de Basil’s Ballet Russes in 1935. Major roles were created for him by David Lichine and by Leonide Massine, who recruited him for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo’s popular tours of North and South America. Zoritch also enjoyed success on Broadway and in Hollywood. In 1951 he joined the celebrated Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, winning praise worldwide in over fifty roles. During his subsequent five years with Sergei Denham’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Zoritch became a favorite of American balletomanes and taught many master classes. After running his own school in Los Angeles, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1973, where he established a highly respected ballet program. Retirement in 1987 offered him the chance to revisit Russia and become acquainted with a new generation of dancers and directors in his homeland. Today Zoritch is in demand as a guest and adjudicator at international competitions and conferences, where his knowledge and experience are recog-

ally partnering his wife, Bolshoi prima ballerina Ekaterina Maximova. Among the most notable were those created by Yuri Grigorovich, who gave him the principal roles in his original productions of The Stone Flower, Spartacus, The Nutcracker, Ivan The Terrible and Angara. Besides Maximova, Vasiliev’s famous partners included: Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Alicia Alonso, Carla Fracci, and Rita Poelvoorde. Yet Vladimir Vasiliev is not as well known in the west as such dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, because he remained in the Soviet Union and did most of his work there rather than defecting. New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff described the excitement of one of Vasiliev’s U.S. performances with the Bolshoi Ballet: “Yekaterina Maksimova and Vladimir Vasiliev burst upon New York City in 1959, the greatest of the passionate young dancers who, with Moscow’s more established stars, made the Bolshoi Ballet’s American debut a total triumph.” In March 1995 Vladimir Vasiliev was appointed the General and Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theatre after Yuri Grigorovich, artistic director of the ballet company since 1963, was dismissed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Vasiliev was himself dismissed as director of the Bolshoi Theater August 28, 2000 in a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Vasiliev learned about his dismissal from hearing it on the radio. Since his exit from the Bolshoi, Vasiliev premiered in the ballet production Lungo Viaggio Nella Notte di Natale to Tchaikovsky’s music in Opera di Roma, and continues to choreograph and stage new ballets. Over the years Vasiliev has received many of the most prestigious Soviet, Russian and foreign prizes, orders and highest awards including the USSR State Prize, Russian State Prize, Russian State order “For Merits”

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George Zoritch

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George Zoritch as Don Pedro in «Dona Inez De Castro». Choreographed by Anna Riccarda for Grand Ballet du Marquis Cuevas 1951-53 & 195557. Photo by Annemarie Heinrich, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 1956

nized as unique and invaluable links to the astonishing world of the Ballet Russe. Medals of Merit Bolshoi Theater, International Ballet Competition, Moscow, 1981 National Society of Arts and Letters, Medal of Merit, Scottsdale, AZ, 1990 St. Petersburg, Academy of Choreographic School, A. Vaganova, 1993 Vatslav Nijinsky, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, 1994. «House of Diaghilev», at the 7th International Ballet Competition, Paris, 1994 Press Adjudicator, 20th Ballet Competition, Varna Bulgaria, July 2002

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Tourism

he river has a unique feature — it flows on two continents — Asia and Europe, originating on the east slope of the Ural ridge, crossing it and then flowing on the western slope. From ancient times the river Chusovaya was used as trade route between Europe and Siberia.

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The Chusovaya was first mentioned in written Russian documents in 1396. From the16th century Russians began making the river Chusovaya navigable. In 1558, according to the edict of tsar Ivan IV, merchants of the Stroganov family received sole possession and control of the river within the boundaries of the upper and middle Kama and its associated tributaries on a never-ending basis. In 1568 these merchants were also given full control over the “country Chusoviya” (from the mouth of the Chusovaya to the upper reaches and up to 21 km from its banks). At the end of the

19th century the famous Russian writer, D.Mamin-Sibiryak wrote, “The River Chusovaya, probably, will be in a short time one of the favorite places for Russian tourists, scientists, artists... In the future, tourists will rest in these mountains and forests, artists will find plentiful material for their works and scientists, will undoubtedly, find a lot of interest in geology, botany and ethnography... ”. In reality, the river became a treasured dream for many Russian tourists. It flows on the territory of three districts — Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Perm rising from the northern part of the Chelyabinsk district. Its middle section crosses the border between Sverdlovsk and Perm twice then flows into the Kama reservoir near the city of Perm. The length of the river is 777 km and the area of its basin is 42,000 sq. km. The Chusovaya is “opened” at the end of April, when the ice quickly melts and the water level rises

3-4 m. In the summer months the river becomes very shallow – at the end the July to the beginning of August the depth on fords does not exceed 7-15 cm. In autumn the weather is rainy and the water level rises considerably and then in November the river freezes. The average height of the river is 120-250 m above sea level. On banks of the Chusovaya, different species of trees grow — fur-trees, firs, pines, larch, birch and aspen. The forest is rich with berries and mushrooms. It is possible to see elks, bears, wolves, lynx, foxes, hares, squirrels and chipmunks. There are also many heath cocks and hazel grouses. In autumn on the river, migratory birds, such as ducks and geese rest. In the river different species of fish are found — perch, ruff, small fry, pike, chub, ide (from the carp family) and bream. Limestone and dolomite rocks with amazing shapes on the banks give the river a fascinating beauty. In middle part of the river there are about two hundred rocks. These rocks on the Chusovaya are named “Kamien” and the»Boets” (Fighter) was the most dangerous for barges, which traveled down the river in olden times. The rocks vary in height from 10 to 115 metres

above water level and stretch from 30 metres to 1.5 kilometers along the banks. All of the rocks have a karst origin and in some of them are small caves. Many of these rock formations are protected by the state as natural monuments.

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THE Chusovaya River – the beginning of Yermak trip

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Tourism TEMPLES OF PERM KRAI

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BELAYA GORA – Ural Athos

Belogorski Saint Nikolas monastery is 100 km away from the city Perm, in Kungur region. It’s history begann in the end of 19-th century. We can consider 1890 as the date of it’s foundation. At that time, the traditional Russian cross was placed on the top of the Belaya Gora, where the earth meets the sky. Thousands of pilgrims had been gathering here, and every year, on the Hallowmasicon, bearing procession was held. The wooden Saint Nikolas church was built on the Belaya Gora in 1893, and two years later church in the name of the Iberian icon of the Mother of God was built. Meanwhile, a fraternity emerged on the Belaya Gora and the monestry was set in 1897. Due to the hard work and prayers of the fraternity, the monastery was expanded and won fame of Ural Athos, the gem of Perm Krai. In the early 20th century, more than 400 monks, lay brothers (novices), prayers and Russian land’s advocates worked for the sake of the God. Our ancestries built a monastic town on the Belaya Gora. There were churches, almshouses, buildings for fraternity, a hospital, a school for boy-orphans in the town. Daily, the monestry was visited by more than 70 thousand pilgrims from different provinces. The heart of the Belaya Gora was the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which had been built from 1902 till 1917, shortly before the October revolution. It worth mentioning that the October revolution had a great negative impact on the Holy Russia. It is the reason why the monastery was closed in 1923. It shared tragic fate of many Russian churches and monasteries.

Perm at Intourmarket-2008

or the first time in history the Perm region took part in the international tourist exhibition Intourmarket-2008 (Moscow). Besides the Kungurskaya Ice cave, Prykamie was represented by such projects as: “Diaghilev seasons” (Perm), “KAMWA” festival (Kudymkar), “Heart of Parma” festival (Cherdyn), aeronautics festival “The Urals Sky Fair” (Kungur), Russian rally championship “Ermak” (Chusovoy). Also the Perm region presented investments projects “Suksun resort hotel” (Suksunskiy district), Sporttourist complex “Usva” (Gremiachenskiy district), Center of tourism and recreation “Il’inka” (Kungurskiy dictrict), “Aquapark” (Kungurskiy district) and resort-tourist centre “Parma” (Kizelovskiy district). At the last day of the forum, the Perm region Ministry of commerce and business development was awarded for active work during the exhibition. The Intourmarket-2008 expressed a desire to have the Perm region among the regular participants of the event, and wished good luck in further development of tourism in the region.

ORTHODOX SACRED PROCESSION Revival of the sacred place begann in 1991, when the Saint Nikolas monastery on the Belaya Gora was open with the blessing of the Holy Synod. In 1996 the monestry was visited by Holy Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Alexis II. The celebrant of the Russian Orthodox Church admired the amenities of Belaya Gora, it’s scope and grandeur of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Belaya Gora is also visited by famous people of Russia: politicians, businessmen, art and cultural workers. Today, Belogorsky monastery is the pride and attraction of the Perm Krai. The history of the Ural Athos revival continues…

By Natalya Kategova

n March 28 – April 11, 2008 Perm krai welcomed the participants of International Religious Procession “Beneath the Holy Mother’s Star”. On May 17, 2007 with His Holiness Alexis II Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia blessing International spiritual and educational program “Beneath the Holy Mother’s Star” commemorating Russian Orthodox Church reunion was geared.

photo by igor kataev / publishing house “Felix“

photography / publiching project fotofelix@mail.ru

From May 2007 to June 2008 within the program’s framework pedestrian religious processions symbolizing eight rays of the Holy Virgin Star were set to be started. Pilgrims were to come out of six Russian cities: Vladivostok, Barnaul, Yakutsk, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg and Archangelsk, not to forget two universal Orthodox centers Jerusalem and Athos. The territory of Russia crossed, they should meet in Moscow in June 2008. On March 28 at 1 a.m. on the border of Yekaterinburg region and Perm krai near Achit village (Suksun district) Perm believers welcomed the participants of Yakutsk-Moscow procession. Further on the procession moved on through Suksun, Kungur, Perm, Krasnokamsk, Nytva, Ocher, Bolshaya Sosna districts, and the cities of Perm and Kungur. On April 4 religious procession was solemnly welcomed by Perm eparchy priesthood and citizens. In the morning on April 7 the procession resumed its journey on the territory of Krasnokamsk district. As early as April 11 believers crossed the border of Perm krai and penetrated into Udmurtia. The procession safety is maintained by Perm krai department of Internal Affairs. Procession participants make over 30 kilometers per day thus they will receive all the necessary medical aid and help with the event management.

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museum T

he museum was established on November 15th, 1890 by resolution of the Perm committee of the Ural Natural Science Society. Until 1920’s it was known as Perm scientific-industrial museum, later as the Perm region local history museum, and since 2007 it’s been called the Perm regional museum. At the present time it is the largest museum of Prikamye. It owns 600 thousand items and includes 45 collections of regional, Russian, and world significance. The most famous ones are: Archeological collection. The gem of the collection is the Perm animal style collection, bronze art goods of Prikamye peoples lived

State cultural institution “Perm regional museum” here in early iron age and medieval. Bronze amulets, shaman figures, buckles, belt plates are the integral part of Prikamye population culture. Complex multi-figured compositions are the evidence of mythological world-view of the region ancient people and close contacts

Director: Yudina Olga Sergeievna Address: 614000 Perm, 15 Sibirskaya str., Tel: 8(342)212-56-57, 212-54-46 The museum web-site: museum.perm.ru

EXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS OF THE PERM REGIONAL MUSEUM APRIL 2008 The museum exhibition hall 5 Sibirskaya str., Tel: 8(342)212-56-57, 212-54-46

Closed for reconstruction

Diorama-museum in Motovilikha 1, Ogorodnikova st. Tel. 267-55-82 Open: 10.00 - 18.00 Rest-days: Monday, Tuesday

Exposition “History of the Perm cannon plants. The Motovilikha plant village in XIX-XX. Events of the first Russian revolution of 1905” “And the street has changed its face” Exhibition (History of Lenina-Pokrovskaya st.) “Seasons” exhibition Ticket price: child – 10 rubles, adult – 30 rubles.

The memorial museumhouse of N.G. Slavianov 37, 1905 st. Tel. 267-77-41 Open: 10.00 - 18.00 Rest-days: Saturday, Sunday.

Exposition “History of the museum-house of N.G. Slavianov” (life and work of the eminent Russian scientist, the inventor of arc welding) Exposition “Modern welding technologies” Ticket Price: child – 8 rubles; adult – 20 rubles

The memorial “Underground printing plant” museum-house 142, Ordzhonikidze st Tel. 246-51-39 Open: 10.00 - 18.00 Rest-days: Saturday, Sunday.

Exposition “Mystery of house #142 at the Monastyrskaia st.” Ticket Price: child – 8 rubles; adult – 15 rubles

The memorial museumhouse of V.V. Kamenskiy Permskiy district, Troitsa village; 18, Sovetskaya st. Tel. 212-66-81, 296-00-18 Open: 10.00 - 18.00 Rest-days: Sunday, Monday.

Exposition, devoted to life and work of V.V. Kamenskiy Ticket Price: child – 10 rubles; adult – 30 rubles

Architecrural-Ethographic museum “Khokhlovka” Permskiy district, Khokhlovka village. Tel. 299-71-82, 212-31-44 Open: 10.00 - 18.00

- Individual visits - Excursions, if ordered in advance Ticket Price: child – 25 rubles; adult – 80 rubles

with neighboring territories. Since the end of XX century the collection of archeological department are replenish with materials of the new time period memorials – Russian cities and plants: ceramic and glass tableware, jewelry, implements of the Ural cities population, as well as with photos and drawings of the mansions and industrial plants of XVII-XIX centuries. Natural Science collection. The most valuable items of the museum fund is paleontologic collection, which includes the world-famous samples, gathered by G.T. Mauer. Those are fossil flora and insects of the Paleozoic era Perm period, discovered by him in 1920-30’s by Sylva and Barda rivers. Rare books fund. It includes unique handwritten and old printed books of XVI-XIX centuries, civil books of VIII-XX centuries, newspaper fund and collection of maps and plans of XIX-XX centuries. The collection of the hand-written and old printed books is the most attractive part of the fund. Especially unique samples are copies of Solikamsk cadastres by M. Kaysarov (1696), “Skits Paterikon” (XVII), “Psalmbooks” 1640-1650’s, “Emerald” (XVII), “The Book of Degrees” (XVIII), «Monastic chronicle» by D. Rostovskiy (XVIII), sketchbooks from the archive of Demidovs – peasants of the Stroganovs farmstead of XVIII-XIX (it consists of fiction, historical, medicine and other books), the Old-Believers volumes. The fund’s gem is the “Gospel”, published by unknown (anonymous) Moscow

print-shop in 1553, which is 10 years earlier than the “Apostle” by Ivan Fedorov, considered to be the first Russian printed book. Fine arts collection. From the historical viewpoint the most significant part of the paintings collection is works of serf artists. Industrial landscapes, original portraits of peasants, merchants, philistines and plant area inhabitants, are there along with clever copies of family portraits of Stroganovs and other local fabricants. These copies were created for interior decoration of the manufacturers’ Prikamye estates. Ethnographic collection. The unique collection, representing history of the region Old-Believers, includes written documentaries (collection of glass photo-negatives, related to plants’ history, architecture and the region ethnography by the XIX-XX) and so on. The museum consists of major departments, widely known by Perm citizens and the city guests, such as museum-house of N.G. Slavianov (The inventor of arc welding), diorama-museum in Motovilikha with the

unique diorama, devoted to the first Russian revolution events in Prikamye. The museum has such subdivisions as “Khokhlovka” architectural-ethnographic complex, which is an ensemble of 23 wooden art memorials of XVII-XX centuries (distinctive feature of the region). Other subdivisions are the memorial museum-house of V.V. Kamenskiy, poet-futurist, in Troitsa village and local history museum in Osa and Tchaikovsky cities. The museum complex occupies 35 buildings and housings throughout the city and the region, and among them there are federal significance architectural memorials. Nowadays the museum, left its main building (Episcopal house) to the Russian Orthodox Church, is preparing to move into another building – the Meshkov house, also known as historical and architectural memorial of the Perm region. The full value historical exhibition is to be created there. During these years more than 19 million people visited its halls, annually more than 200 thousand citizens and

the city guests come there. The museum is a scientific and methodological centre for 34 municipal and more than 200 official and public museums in the region. The museum is known in the Russian museum environment due to its achievements: the museum is a laureate of the “Window to Russia” competition in nomination of the “Culture” newspaper “Museum of the year”. It is also winner in “Advertising is the engine of museum progress” nomination at the All-Russian museum festival “Intermuseum-2002”. Twice it has been the winner of the V. Potantin charity fund competition “Changing museum in the changing world”. Eight times the art teams of the Perm regional museum have become laureates of the regional award in culture and art field. The Perm regional museum, by developing and strengthening solid traditions of scientific, exhibition-educational and scientific-methodological activities, holds a very significant and honorable position in cultural sphere of the city, the region and Russia.

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cuisine W

hen we speak about Perm Cousin we mean natonal cuisines of udmurt, permyak, komi-pemyak people and other nationalities of Prikamya, North Predural and Ural. It is a mixture of russian and tatar cuisines. For instance, dishes from meat and pastry, which were common in Prikamya (bulgar nations who lived near Kama and Volga rivers) before it was conquered by Golden Horde in the XIII century. Now such dishes are common not only in perm, but also russian and tatar cuisines. Perm cuisine has a lot in common with russian cuisine, especially with Old Russian one: game (hares, salmons, hazel hens, black grouses) is commonly used in combination with other gifts of Prikamya’s nature such as berries growing in a forest, mushrooms

and wild honey, peas turnip are also used. Only such products as young meadow pine and pecans may be substituted in the Perm peoples cuisine. They are used as vegetables for soups, stuffing for pies and for the Perm “selianki”. In the Perm peoples cuisine this old Russian name stands for egg and milk mixes, baked on pans (not at the open fire), with plenty of meat, fish, mushroom or vegetable stuffing. The “seliankis” are to be eaten cold, not hot. Mushrooms should be pickled, but not fried. Turnip may be cooked as “parenki”: These are vegetables stewed in kettle without water in stove for several hours. To prepare turnip without boiled vegetable touch it is recommended to cover kettles with thick coat of rye and barley straw, hemp chaff or husk, turn the kettle upsidedown, and leave it in

the stove for the night. Such a hint lets you get stewed, but absolutely dry, free from excess moisture. That adds to turnips peculiar zest and consistency, as well as rye, barley or hemp aroma. The “parenkis” are to be eaten with thick barley kvass. The most popular soups are mushroom shchi (mushrooms with nettle, angelica and turnip), peeled barley shchi—soup made of fine-ground barley and fish-soup. A fish is high on the list of perm cuisine, especially prikamskoi one. In the past it was not only boiled but also made sour. Usually fish is used in pirogi (pies). It is gilled (drawn), washed out and put into a pie with scales, but without bones. It gives the pie an original taste. And it differs perm pies form others. More over, a pastry for the pies are made of unleavened rye, rue-wheaten or rye-barley flour.

Perm cuisine contributed greatly to russian, tatar and all-union cuisines. For instance, pelmeni (sort of ravioli stuffed with meat) or pelnyani in Udmurt (“pel” can be translated as “ear” and nyan as “bread”). The udmurt word “pelnyani” and russian word “permyani” (means “perm food”) turned into “pelmeni” in the XIX century. Today, “pelmeni” become the name for the dish not only in Russia. The specific feature of the russian pelmeni is to be found in the it’s filling—45% of beef, 35% of mutton, 20% of pork. In Tatar cuisine, pelmeni (manti) are made of mutton, in Lithuanian—mailnly of beef. And only in Ural and Sibiria pelmeni are made of beef and pork mixture. Perm cuisine would also please you with different fillings for pelemni. Among them are mushrooms, onion, turnip and sauerkraut.

PERM CUISINE - 2008 X Open Cookig Festival

«P

erm Cuisine» is a traditional festival uniting various professionals of the catering world — chefs, confectioners, waiters, sushi-makers, barmen, baristas… Gaining a bigger scale and magnitude with each year, in 2007 the Festival attracted more than 200 participants from the Perm Region and elsewhere in Russia. The idea of the festival dates back to 1998 when Perm marked its 275-years anniversary… Impressed by this event, local cooks shaped their congratulations to the beloved native city into… “paintings” and “sculptures” of the city’s most famous sights: the Perm Picture Gallery, Opera and Ballet Theaters, old city maps, formidable “Motovilikha” cannons, open-air “Khohlovka” ethnography museum, beautiful city landscapes… and presents their creations to the eyes of visitors

and the jury of the first “Perm Cuisine” Festival. Needless to say that all items were made on a top professional and artistic level and – more importantly – of foodstuffs! This year the program of “Perm Cuisine” Festival, traditionally organized by the Perm Cooks Association and the Perm Regional Ministry of Trade, includes a wide range of professional contests: culinary art class (the one with “paintings” and “sculptures”!), team contests in “R” class, a series of individual competitions for best chef, sushi-mak-

er, confectioner, carving masters; the Open Barista Championship, “fly barmen” barmen’s contest, and other. Ashberry beads “Special” event of the Festival is so-called “Ashberry beads” contest, which invest everyone who wants to take part, whether professional participant or an amateur. To joint the contest, one needs to find and send in an original recipe of any local cuisine reflecting the culture of propel living in the area – komipermian, tatar, bashkir, Russian, udmurt, marian, etc. Later during

the Festival, professional cooks will prepare their meals based on the best recipes selected by the jury. In 2008, for the first time in its history, the “Perm Cuisine” Festival open its doors to team and individuals from the C.I.S. and foreign countries. Participants will enjoy not only the Festival’s busy and exciting contest program, but will exlore the area-unique tourist attractions: the Kungur ice cave, famous Perm ballet, amazing Perm wooden sculpture, legendary Cerdyn-town, and many other historic, cultural and natural treasures of the Perm Region. We look forward to see you at “Perm Cuisine” Festival! Applications to take part In “Perm Cuisine – 2008” Festival are accepted until November 1, 2008 by fax +7 (342) 217-68-07 or e-mail: oa@permregion.ru

reciept from chef-cook

Salad Olivie

Description This salad is the creation of a French chef, M. Olivie, who in the 1860s opened a fashionable restaurant in Moscow called The Hermitage. The present-day version has veered quite far from the original, but Salad Olivie continues to be a favorite hors d’oeuvre and side dish for entrees. Ingredients • 1 whole chicken breast, poached, boned, and skinned, or 1/2 pound lean cooked veal. • 1 pound all-purpose potatoes, boiled in their skins and peeled. • 2 medium Cucumbers in Brine. • 1 cup cooked fresh or frozen peas. • 1 medium onion, finely chopped. • 1 cup Mayonnaise. • 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered. • 8 large black Greek olives. • 8 sprigs parsley. Method Serves 8-10 as an appetizer or 6 as an entree Cut the cooked chicken and potatoes into 1/2inch cubes. Peel the cucumbers and also cut into 1/2-inch cubes. In a large bowl, combine the meat, potatoes, cucumbers, green peas, and onion. Add the mayonnaise and mix gently, so those ingredients are not mashed. Refrigerate the salad until serving time (but for no longer than 4 hours). Variation: Vegetable Salad Olivie Omit the chicken or veal to make a delicious meatless side dish.

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“Permyatskaya“ CUISINE

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POSTER Exhibitions

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Summer festival of Russian folk Diorama-museum Date: 01.01.2008-31.12.2008 Time: 10-00 - 18-00, Rest-days: Monday, Tuesday Address: 1 Ogorognikova str. Tel: 267-55-82 Exposition “Mystery of house №142 at the Monastyrskaia str.” Underground printing plant, memorial museum-house Date: 01.01.2008-31.12.2008 Time: 10-00 - 18-00, Rest-daysSaturday, Sunday Address: 142 Ordzhonikidze str. Tel. 246-51-39

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Exhibition of underwater fauna Youth art palace Time: 10-00 - 18-00 Address: Perm, 27a Sibirskaya str. Пермь, ул. Сибирская, 27а Tel: 212-84-23

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April Fool’s Day exhibition of the Perm cartoonists “PeKari” Date: 31.03.2008-30.04.2008 Premier cinema theatre Address: 17 Pionerskaya str. Tel: 245-21-77 The first 40 (Project of the Moscow museum of actual art “Art4.ru”) Date: 21.03.2008-18.06.2008 Time: 11-00 - 18-00, Rest-day: Monday Address: 4 Komsomolskiy av. Tel: 212-22-50 Exhibition of Perm artist Ivan Rossik Date: 03.04.2008-20.04.2008 Time: 11-00-19-00, сб: 11-00-18-00, Rest-day: Sunday, Monday Salon-gallery “Soyuz-Art” Address: 32 Lunacharskogo str. Tel.: 212-89-56

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Agro-farm. Garden. Farm 2008 Date: 10.04.2008-13.04.2008

Hunter and Fisherman 2008 Date: 17.04.2008-20.04.2008 Tourism and vacations 2008 Date: 25.04.2008-27.04.2008

Club events Dirrty dances – erotic-show Amaks Premier-Hotel, hotel-entertainment complex Date: 10.04.2008 Time: 23-00 Address: 43 Ordzhonikidze str. Tel.: 220-61-47, 212-24-94 Bolid Sunday Night Date: 13.04.2008 Time: 23-00 - 06-00 Bionica club Address: 5, Gazety Zvezda str. Tel.: 212-17-07, 212-17-08 Concert of «Tequilajazzz» – the leading Russian rock band Date: 15.04.2008 Bruderschaft, beer restaurant Time: 21-00 Address: Perm, 13 Borchaninova str. Tel.: 244-93-32 Festival of electronic music «MisteriyA» Date: 25.04.2008 Time: 23-00 Perm regional youth culture palace Address: Perm, 185 Kommunisticheskaya str. Tel.: 246-51-44

Concerts Concert “Hallelujah of love” Date: 12.04.2008 Time: 18-00 Perm state puppet show Address: 65, Sibirskaya str. Tel.: 245-41-72 “Stars on ice” show Date: 16.04.2008 Time: 19-00 Molot, universal sport palace Address: 13 Lebedeva str. Tel.: 265-70-10 Choir music soiree. Perm” Date: 19.04.2008 Time: 19-00

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Organ concert hall Address: 51b Lenina str. Tel.: 231-51-00 Organ music soiree. “Bach and French music of the baroque age” Performer: Honored artist of Russia Aleksey PARSHIN (Moscow) Date: 27.04.2008 Time: 19-00 Organ concert hall Address: 51b Lenina str. Tel.: 231-51-00 Concert of “Crush” dance centre Date: 29.04.2008 Time: 19-00 Culture-and-business centre Address: 14 Kuibysheva str. Tel.: 235-14-92

Sport Basketball Ural-Great – Locomotive (Rostov) Super-league A Date: 15.04.2008 Time: 19-30 Molot, universal sport palace Address: 13 Lebedeva str. Tel.: 265-70-10 Football Russian championship 2008 Amkar - Shinnik Date: 26.04.2008 Time: Please contact by phone Zvezda stadium Address: 95b Kuybisheva str. Tel.: 245-77-69

Competitions The city sport acrobatics championship Date: 19.04.2008-20.04.2008 Time: 15-00 «Олимп» Sport Youth School of Olympic Reserve Address: 6 Mostova str. Traditional XII sport ballroom dances tournament Duet-2008 Date: 19.04.2008-20.04.2008 Time: 11-00 Municipal cultural centre, named after Soldatov Address: Komsomolskiy av. Tel.: 219-23-80